Definition of cooked books

cooked books

noun - plural

• manipulated accounting records. See cook the books.

  Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 03 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'book':
book	Definitions include: to leave quickly.
book it	Definitions include: to move very fast.
book smarts	Definitions include: knowledge gained from reading and studying.
by the book	Definitions include: strictly following procedure.
central booking	Definitions include: a lock-up in a local police station.
close the book	Definitions include: to end.
cook the books	Definitions include: to change accounting records to hide fraud or other crimes.
go off-book	Definitions include: to not follow the script.
hit the books	Definitions include: to prepare for school.
one for the books	Definitions include: something extremely notable.
slam book	Definitions include: a paper notebook passed between peers at a school, in which they write mean things about classmates and others.
throw the book at	Definitions include: to prosecute to the full extent of the law.
Other terms relating to 'cook':
cook	Definitions include: v. to flatulate.
cooked	Definitions include: under the influence of drugs.
cook on all four burners	Definitions include: to be proceeding well or rapidly.
cook (one's) goose	Definitions include: to be in trouble.
cook the books	Definitions include: to change accounting records to hide fraud or other crimes.
cook up a batch	Definitions include: to masturbate.
cook with gas	Definitions include: to perform an action quickly or efficiently.
I smell what you're cooking	Definitions include: an expression of empathy or simple understanding.
now you're cooking with gas	Definitions include: "Now you're doing [some task] correctly."
over-cook (one's) grits	Definitions include: to make a person angry.
what's cooking?	Definitions include: a greeting.

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